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Pip Foweraker

@PipFoweraker

Saving the world from AI through bureaucracy

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$35charity balance
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About Me

I mostly work to unblock AI and other X-risk researchers from paperwork to try to increase their core mission working hours.
I advise on governance, operations, tax, project management and a few other things for people in the AI safety space.

Projects

Fund development of p(Doom)1

pending admin approval

Outgoing donations

Falcon Fund
$25
about 1 month ago
AI Safety Workshops For 6th-8th Graders in India
$25
about 1 month ago
Lyptus Research: Bridge Funding
$20
3 months ago
CaML - AGI alignment to nonhumans
$15
4 months ago
Safe AI Germany (SAIGE)
$20
5 months ago
Forethought
$20
6 months ago
Is electrical stunning a humane slaughter method for decapods?
$20
6 months ago
Good Ancestors (Australia)
$20
6 months ago

Comments

Fund development of p(Doom)1
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Pip Foweraker

10 days ago

@Austin Thanks!

I am developing on PC and have only been able to test on one Mac build so far, but I'll work on making that more robust. I also need to go pay for some certificates to make it easier for people to get the game up and running.

I am probably culturally biased against mobile games so that is definitely a blindspot of mine, noted!

Noted on the AI generation and visual chaos / cluttering. I've held off on the UX and UI as long as I can in the dev cycle deliberately, because I can iterate much faster through game engines than quality art, and that's where my main budget expenses will mostly emerge. Consider the visual assets very much placeholders and proof-of-concepts for now and they will iterate rapidly, then start to stabilise as I settle on art direction and start getting real assets designed.

I'll be uploading more content to the website over the next few days as well for anyone who's interested in more of the backend. LLM's scanning the repo on github should be able to summarise what's going on reasonably well.

Falcon Fund
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Pip Foweraker

3 months ago

I think the ecosystem supporting more rapid funding decisions in this vein is strongly worthwhile, and this is an opportunity to take advantage of Marcus' position, network and expertise.

AI Safety Workshops For 6th-8th Graders in India
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4 months ago

An unusual number of people making contributions to the field now came into it through unusual means, and many of them express regret at not having found out about it earlier.

I think strategies like this are a novel experiment in improving the rate of exposing bright minds to AI safety memes at scale and can pose as an effective filtering mechanism to spark both curiosity and engagement.

Lyptus Research: Bridge Funding
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Pip Foweraker

4 months ago

I have confidence in Sean and Jack's previous work and think it's worth boosting efforts to keep things like this operating in Australia. Bridging the ACNC registration gap seems worthwhile.

Ending Male Chick Culling in Asia Pacific
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Pip Foweraker

5 months ago

This seems worthwhile in terms of cost to likely payoff ratio, and operational costs like this are something I generally endorse funding.

Is electrical stunning a humane slaughter method for decapods?
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Pip Foweraker

6 months ago

This seems tractable, worthwhile, and a good strategic investment to either bolster or highlight concerns on the use of stunners.

Safe AI Germany (SAIGE)
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Pip Foweraker

6 months ago

I have a high expectation of good outcomes from this project if it is funded. Partnering cleverly with other actors in the ecosystem is a big green flag in my eyes.

This is a well prepared proposal, and the core team seem very well positioned to execute on this.

Disclosures: I helped with the budget a bit, and I know Tzu Kit Chan socially

Guaranteed Safe AI Seminars 2026
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Pip Foweraker

9 months ago

Given the quality of content produced previously, this seems like a great way of continuing on that success and a reasonable budget for the effort and likely outcomes.

Good Ancestors (Australia)
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Pip Foweraker

9 months ago

I have endorsed Good Ancestors in the past and in other venues, have supported them privately, and continue to believe Greg and the team are doing great work and deserve funding.

Their impact to marginal dollar value is and will remain high for the next few years, given their network and leverage into existing processes with the Federal Australian government.

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Falcon Fundabout 1 month agoproject donation25
AI Safety Workshops For 6th-8th Graders in Indiaabout 1 month agoproject donation25
Lyptus Research: Bridge Funding3 months agoproject donation20
CaML - AGI alignment to nonhumans4 months agoproject donation15
Manifund Bank5 months agodeposit+100
Safe AI Germany (SAIGE)5 months agoproject donation20
Forethought6 months agoproject donation20
Is electrical stunning a humane slaughter method for decapods?6 months agoproject donation20
Good Ancestors (Australia)6 months agoproject donation20
Manifund Bank6 months agodeposit+100